[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#705513: openssl 1.0.1e-2 throws SIGKILL on Debian 7.0 sparc

[Mitch Halmu]

Package: openssl
Version: 1.0.1e-2
Severity: important
Tags: upstream

Dear Maintainer,

openssl 1.0.1e-2 throws SIGKILL on Debian 7.0 sparc. This may be related
to Bug #2553 SIGKILL on sparc64 (linux/solaris) reported on openssl.org:

http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2553

Locally compiled program debug info:

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/local/bin/bitcoind 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.17-gdb.py", line 62, in <module>
    from libstdcxx.v6.printers import register_libstdcxx_printers
ImportError: No module named libstdcxx.v6.printers

Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction.
0xf7b7cfdc in _sparcv9_fmadd_probe () at sparccpuid.S:312
312     sparccpuid.S: No such file or directory.
(gdb) bt
#0  0xf7b7cfdc in _sparcv9_fmadd_probe () at sparccpuid.S:312
#1  0xf7b7cc54 in OPENSSL_cpuid_setup () at sparcv9cap.c:227
#2  0xf7b78458 in _init () at sparccpuid.S:402
#3  0xf7fd920c in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#4  0xf7fd920c in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Backtrace stopped: previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?)
(gdb) 

This bug on sparc is also discussed at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-users@openssl.org/msg70396.html

Cheers,

Mitch Halmu

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: sparc (sparc64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-sparc64-smp (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages openssl depends on:
ii  libc6        2.13-38
ii  libssl1.0.0  1.0.1e-2
ii  zlib1g       1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

openssl recommends no packages.

Versions of packages openssl suggests:
ii  ca-certificates  20130119

-- no debconf information

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu             : TI UltraSparc IIIi (Jalapeno)
fpu             : UltraSparc IIIi integrated FPU
pmu             : ultra3i
prom            : OBP 4.22.33 2007/06/18 12:45
type            : sun4u
ncpus probed    : 2
ncpus active    : 2
D$ parity tl1   : 0
I$ parity tl1   : 0
cpucaps         : flush,stbar,swap,muldiv,v9,ultra3,mul32,div32,v8plus,vis,vis2
Cpu0ClkTck      : 000000004c4b4000
Cpu1ClkTck      : 000000004c4b4000
MMU Type        : Cheetah+
State:
CPU0:           online
CPU1:           online
# openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013
# dpkg -l|egrep 'libssl1|libcrypto'
ii  libcrypto++9                          5.6.1-6                            sparc        General purpose cryptographic library - shared library
ii  libssl1.0.0:sparc                     1.0.1e-2                           sparc        SSL shared libraries
ii  libssl1.0.0-dbg:sparc                 1.0.1e-2                           sparc        Symbol tables for libssl and libcrypto
# dpkg -l|egrep 'libssl-dev|openssl'
ii  libssl-dev                            1.0.1e-2                           sparc        SSL development libraries, header files and documentation
ii  openssl                               1.0.1e-2                           sparc        Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related cryptographic tools